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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2018
Applicant:
The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Inventor:
Evan R. Ulrich, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/40 (2006.01); B64G 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/40 (2013.01); B64G 1/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A space vehicle may extract and store energy, and also include a propulsion system. The space vehicle includes one or more wings connected to a body of the apparatus. Each of the one or more wings includes a propellant system configured to eject mass away from the apparatus, the ejection of the mass causes the apparatus to move from a first position to a second position.